#EDC151#EDC151

#EDC151 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.137 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC151
RGB	rgb(237, 193, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 65.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.03, 3.93, 60.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.03, 60.58, 86.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.94% 0.0063 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(82.94% 0.137 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.4832, 56.7420, 15.8129)
Luminance	0.5674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC151 #517DED

analogous

#ED7351 #EDC151 #CBED51

triadic

#EDC151 #51EDC1 #C151ED

tetradic

#EDC151 #51ED73 #517DED #ED51CB

square

#EDC151 #51ED73 #517DED #ED51CB

split-complementary

#EDC151 #51CBED #7351ED

monochromatic

#B18412 #E7AD1A #EDC151 #F3D588 #F8E9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#EDC151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#EDC151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC151

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC151	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 193, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.137 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d387',
    500: '#edc151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc151;
$custom-light: #f7d387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.077,
    "s": 81.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82939,
    "c": 0.13725,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC151

secondary

#3155B1

accent

#44DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC151

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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